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OK Go-Pid

By Patrick Cassels & Jenny Jaffe

INT. WHITE VOID
QUICK SHOTS of nice couples dancing badly.
DAMIAN, TIM, DAN, and ANDY, the members of OK Go, address
CAMERA. L/3: "OK GO - POWER POP BAND/RELATIONSHIP EXPERTS."
DAMIAN
Hi, we're OK Go. We love making
people smile with our fun music
videos, but we wanted to truly bring
happiness into people's lives,
which is why we've started OK
Go-pid, a dating website guaranteed
to find that perfect match for you.
TIM
OK Go-pid utilizes the things that
make our videos so special to help
you find love.
DAN
Just fill out an OK Go-pid profile
listing your likes, dislikes, and
what you're looking for in a
partner.
CUT TO a GUY (still in white void) filling out a survey on a
computer.
CUT TO OK Go. Andy prints out the Guy's profile, crumples
it up, and throws it...
ANDY (V.O.)
Then we print out your profile and
use it to start one of our
signature mechanical computational devices,
which will pick your perfect.
match.
The piece of paper knocks over a domino, starting a chain of
other dominos, that ends with a ball baring, that rolls
along an ELABORATE MACHINE: wheels, cranes,
etc. At the end of the machine, there is a
line of balloons, and the machine pops one at random.
Another crumpled profile falls out.
Andy picks it up, unfolds it, and holds it next to the
original profile. It's a match! OK Go nods approvingly.
TIM (V.O.)
Some people may call it totally
random. We call it fate.
CUT TO the Guy and his match, a cute GIRL looking happy.
GUY
I never thought I'd find true
love. Then the ball baring
launched the dart into Hailey's
balloon.
GIRL
(all smiles)
We have nothing in common, but it
was really cool to watch!
CUT TO OK Go.
DAN
There's someone out there for
everyone! Sometimes all it takes
to show the way is a dog trained to
roll a cue ball into a bucket.
QUICK SHOT of a bunch of cue balls on the floor. A dog comes
over and rolls one into a bucket with his noes. Damian then
takes the cue ball out of the bucket. It has the name
"Kumiko" written on it. He shows it to the other guys. They
do they exact same approving nod.
CUT TO another couple: an OLD JAPANESE WOMAN (Kumiko) and a
YOUNG BLACK GUY.
YOUNG BLACK GUY
Honestly, Kumiko's not who I would
have chosen, but OK Go has
millions of views on YouTube.
KUMIKO
OK Go wa nanndesuka?
SUBTITLE: "What is OK Go?"
CUT TO OK Go.
ANDY
Making sure our users are
compatible is the most important
thing to us. Which is why OK
Go-pid uses your interests to find
your perfect match.
GUY 2
I told OK Go-pid that I was really
into baseball. So they did this
cool thing where they used this
cannon they made to fire 2,000
baseballs into a pond, and Linda
just happened to be doing her daily
swim there.
WIDE REVEALS LINDA, who has a black eye.
LINDA
I hate baseball and I was married
already. But sometimes fate ---
and OK Go -- has other plans.
CUT TO another couple: GUY 3 and GUY 4.
GUY 3
I'm not gay, and neither is Pete,
but when that mouse ate the cheese
in front of Pete's picture... well,
I still wasn't gay. But...
CUT TO another machine. It releases a mouse, that scurries to
a piece of cheese under a picture of Pete/Guy 4.
GUY 4
But who are we to argue with OK
Go?! Remember that video where
they're on treadmills?!
They start (badly) humming "Here it Goes Again."
CUT TO OK Go.
DAMIAN
OK Go-pid is designed to find your
perfect match on the first try.
DAN
(beat)
It has to be. we are not setting
it up twice.
The band nods in agreement again.
CUT TO another couple: a NERDY GUY and a HOT GIRL.
NERDY GUY
IT WORKED GREAT! NO COMPLAINTS!
The Hot Girl is about to speak but we CUT AWAY.
MUSIC rises as we show three more quick couples dancing.
A SUPER-TALL WOMAN and a VERY SHORT MAN. L/3: "ANGELA AND
ROB, TOGETHER ONE YEAR."
A large BUS DRIVER and an ESKIMO WOMAN: L/3: "BRETT AND AKNA,
TOGETHER 3 YEARS."
An OLD MAN and a CHAIR: L/3: "HERMAN AND CHAIR, TOGETHER 5
YEARS."
OLD MAN
(a winking whisper)
I just don't want to be alone!
CUT TO OK Go.
TIM
So visit OK Go-pid today and start
your free trial membership.
DAN
Our videos got us laid. Now
they'll get you laid, too!
END.